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weather than their would-be captors, who succeed in lighting their 

 lanterns only to see them, like their hopes, suddenly extinguished. 



Again, it is the perfection of summer weather, hot and glaring, 

 whilst in the depths of a forest far from any hostelry, a part}' have been 

 engaged for hours, netting Neineohins Iticina, and other irritatingly actiA'e 

 day-fliers. The inner man has not been forgotten, and a hamper con- 

 tains li(piid and solid refreshment ; the halt is called, and the parched 

 throats revert instinctively to the " liquids," when alas, a stumble I and 

 ale, sherry, water and milk, mingle their streams and " run to earth." 

 We can laugh now, with our tumblers at our elbows, but it was no 

 laughing matter then. In such reminiscences we lose our too aggressive 

 individualism, and learn to respect in one another those little persoii- 

 alities which oft-times bristle upon us l)rothers of the net, as *' spines 

 on fi-etful caterpillar." 



(To he continued.) 



guRRENT NOTES. 



Many of our su1)scribers will learn wntli regret that Mr. T. Henderson, 

 of Glasgow, died on December 11th, 1893. As a generous correspon- 

 dent and keen tield-naturalist, he will be missed by many, and it is with 

 genuine regret and a remembrance of many jiast kindnesses, that we 

 ourselves mourn his loss. 



Dr. Knaggs recommends methylated ether as a cure for grease in 

 moths. He suggests the subjection of greasy insects to repeated baths 

 until the grease is soaked out. It is a cheaper fluid than benzine and, 

 according to those who have since tried it, much more effectual. We 

 always, after soaking our specimens, bed them on magTiesia ; then, 

 whilst wet, we put more magnesia on them, and leave them there a 

 short time, when most of the magnesia falls or nuiy be bloAvn from the 

 scales. A camel-hair brush will at once remove refractory particles. 



The January number of The Canadian Entomoluyint, gives a first- 

 class portrait of the Editor, the liev. C. J. S. Bethune, whilst an ode by 

 our valued contributor Mr. A. K. Grote, is printed in honour of the 

 quarter-centenary of our excellent contem^torary. 



There is a very old and quaint saying which shows a certain con- 

 nection between one's maternal grandparent and the power -of sucking- 

 eggs. Of course, this is a very rude saying, l)ut we were reminded of 

 its triteness when we saw in a contemporary that Mr. Frohawk Avas 

 giving lessons to Dr. Chapman on " IIow Epiiwphele ianira pupates." 

 Such a teacher I Such a scholar ! 



Hybernia de/oJiaria was very abundant in the autumn of 1893, at 

 Victoria, in Vancouver Island. It is really marvellous what a vast 

 range some of our species with apterous females have. Mr. Danby 

 writes of the moths in Vancouver Island : — " The markings of the males 

 vary vei'y much ; I have a series of six which are wonderfully unlike 

 each other ; in fact, H. defoliaria varies in its markings just as much as 

 C. bruceata or E. soniinaria do, and some are beautiful by the very 

 reason of their wonderful contrast to the type. While one has the 

 bauds nearly Idack. another has apparently no median band, but is 

 thoroughly suffused." Mr. J. Fletcher, of Ottawa, adds to Mr. Danby's 

 note : — " I believe the British Columbian insect to be identical with the 



